Do you have a side job?

Never_Enough · 02-02-2016, 10:08 PM

I work from home for my main job so I've been thinking about adding a second job for some extra mod $ & such.

What do you do for a side job? I don't feel like fixing other people's cars on the side. I could do photography, but I don't have any fancy equipment so that's out.

Mr Tonka · 02-02-2016, 10:09 PM

Street racing for money.

saleen556 · 02-02-2016, 10:23 PM

My wife and I promote a health and wellness product on the side. It pays way more than mod money :-)

Axius · 02-02-2016, 10:24 PM

Sidejobs are handjobs.

SakhirM4 · 02-02-2016, 10:29 PM

I am a retired USAF fighter pilot. My side job is that I am a retired systems analyst.

Abax335 · 02-02-2016, 10:30 PM

Fixing your guys fuck ups 8) just messing, I offer my BMW experience at an affordable rate and hopefully with the new house in the works and the garage with a lift it'll increase

Aatish · 02-02-2016, 10:32 PM

Run a website and help out with the family business.

AW335TT · 02-02-2016, 10:48 PM

Ran a Amazon store for the last 3 years.. Building my own site now.

M_Six · 02-02-2016, 11:00 PM

No a real job, per se, but I do IT work for a lawn care company and they mow and take care of my lawn. No money changes hands. Been doing it for about a decade. It works out well for both of us.

dreamingat30fps · 02-03-2016, 12:17 AM

I sell tires on the interwebs.

Never_Enough · 02-03-2016, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by AW335TT

Ran a Amazon store for the last 3 years.. Building my own site now.

What do you sell?

Sara · 02-03-2016, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by saleen556

My wife and I promote a health and wellness product on the side. It pays way more than mod money :-)

You're one of those it works people? My hair dresser does that. Presidential Diamond or whatever the heck it said on the salon mirror Saturday. It paid for a brand new home for her.

Rennsport3.2 · 02-03-2016, 09:47 AM

I work at a hobby shop in my hometown on the weekends. I worked there in college and started back a couple years ago to help me through a rough time (career change) and help them out for the holidays; I stuck around because my discount kicks ass and I get to see the new stuff first. Also, I know my co-workers pretty well at this point, and I like wrenching on stuff and helping newbies out. I also get free stuff sometimes so that's cool. I'm down to more seasonal work now...just one Sunday every month until Christmas, and I get to keep my discount.

I'm a bit of a workaholic...at one point I worked three jobs, seven days a week. I have a really wonderful job now, but I stress about having two days off in a row, back-to-back. If that's your personality, a second job can grant you perspective and a change of pace from your main job, and you might even have a little bit of fun doing it, too.

1LegitM235i · 02-03-2016, 09:57 AM

My hobby/job is DJing. Best of both world to love what you do and get paid doing it!

fravel · 02-03-2016, 10:10 AM

I don't anymore since I was able to get a new job that pays better, but for about 18 months in 2014-2015 I worked as a barback for an upscale downtown bar on the weekends. The hours sucked (Fri, 8pm - ~3am, then Sat, 2:30pm - ~4am), but it was usually good for about $1k in tips over the course of a month.

saleen556 · 02-03-2016, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Sara504

You're one of those it works people? My hair dresser does that. Presidential Diamond or whatever the heck it said on the salon mirror Saturday. It paid for a brand new home for her.

It's actually a direct sales business we do on the side. I'm a mechanic and the wife is in the corporate world. The company has an auto bonus program that is paying for my M3 :-). If anyone has any interest in learning more about it hit me up. It's seriously life changing.

C5driver · 02-03-2016, 10:56 AM

Seems like side jobs would be our main jobs if it paid the same.

TomD335xicoupe · 02-03-2016, 10:56 AM

OP you know you can rent very high quality camera equipment , if equipment is what is stopping you. Here in NJ Unique Photo Fairfield NJ rents every possible thing I am sure there are simeler companies by you.
I am retired Law Enforcement, my son (presently on the job) owns a high end COFFIE shop in Hoboken and I bake for him "Tom and Geri Cookies." I have a real estate license and work as a full time as a security office for the school system, not easy to make ends meet in Fn New Jersey can't wait till our Govenor eats himself into a coma.

AW335TT · 02-03-2016, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by BoostedRide

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Originally Posted by AW335TT

Ran a Amazon store for the last 3 years.. Building my own site now.

What do you sell?

Started off selling baby toys, moved the cellphones.

Going to a completely different market now.

Cattivo · 02-03-2016, 11:27 AM

I've been a NYC firefighter FDNY for 15 years...on my days off I work as a Local Union #3 Electrician for the past 13 years...I love doing both jobs but I'm going to enjoy getting 2 pensions in another 15-20 years

Never_Enough · 02-03-2016, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by AW335TT

Started off selling baby toys, moved the cellphones.

Going to a completely different market now.

Maybe I should try an Amazon store. How did you get it started & make it take off?

MightyMouseTech · 02-03-2016, 11:36 AM

Being a mechanic, I could very easily do my primary job on the side, and get offers all the time.

Not worth the possible law suit. A wheel falls off, car kills somebody, in debt till I am put in the ground. Not even remotely worth it IMHO.

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Axius Banned 4202 Rep 216 Posts Drives: 612 Scaglietti Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Watch Me NayNay iTrader: (0)	Sidejobs are handjobs.
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Abax335 Lieutenant 81 Rep 540 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 335xi 6spd Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Orange/Rockland iTrader: (1)	Fixing your guys fuck ups 8) just messing, I offer my BMW experience at an affordable rate and hopefully with the new house in the works and the garage with a lift it'll increase
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saleen556 Captain 234 Rep 687 Posts Drives: 2016 M3 Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: PORTLAND OR iTrader: (1)	My wife and I promote a health and wellness product on the side. It pays way more than mod money :-)
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Aatish Lofty 3476 Rep 849 Posts Drives: i4 M50, 991.2 C2, RRS Diesel Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: ORD <> ATX iTrader: (0)	Run a website and help out with the family business.
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AW335TT Major 619 Rep 1,420 Posts Drives: a car Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA iTrader: (0)	Ran a Amazon store for the last 3 years.. Building my own site now. __________________
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M_Six Free Thinker 19288 Rep 7,549 Posts Drives: 2016 MB GLC300 4matic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Foothills of Mt Level iTrader: (0)	No a real job, per se, but I do IT work for a lawn care company and they mow and take care of my lawn. No money changes hands. Been doing it for about a decade. It works out well for both of us. __________________ Mark markj.pics "Life is uncertain, eat bacon now." -UncleWede
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Rennsport3.2 Judge Hank "The Hangman" BMW 147 Rep 103 Posts Drives: Sweet BMX bike w/ mags & pegs Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Akron, Ohio iTrader: (0)	I work at a hobby shop in my hometown on the weekends. I worked there in college and started back a couple years ago to help me through a rough time (career change) and help them out for the holidays; I stuck around because my discount kicks ass and I get to see the new stuff first. Also, I know my co-workers pretty well at this point, and I like wrenching on stuff and helping newbies out. I also get free stuff sometimes so that's cool. I'm down to more seasonal work now...just one Sunday every month until Christmas, and I get to keep my discount. I'm a bit of a workaholic...at one point I worked three jobs, seven days a week. I have a really wonderful job now, but I stress about having two days off in a row, back-to-back. If that's your personality, a second job can grant you perspective and a change of pace from your main job, and you might even have a little bit of fun doing it, too.
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fravel Colonel 1648 Rep 2,494 Posts Drives: Monaco Blue '06 330i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: The Nasti 'Nati iTrader: (1)	I don't anymore since I was able to get a new job that pays better, but for about 18 months in 2014-2015 I worked as a barback for an upscale downtown bar on the weekends. The hours sucked (Fri, 8pm - ~3am, then Sat, 2:30pm - ~4am), but it was usually good for about $1k in tips over the course of a month. __________________
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C5driver Major 3492 Rep 1,125 Posts Drives: 55...just kidding. Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: 33.6167° N, 117.8975° W iTrader: (0)	Seems like side jobs would be our main jobs if it paid the same.
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TomD335xicoupe First Lieutenant 319 Rep 378 Posts Drives: 08 335XI me ,19 x3 M40 wife Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: North Jersey iTrader: (1)	OP you know you can rent very high quality camera equipment , if equipment is what is stopping you. Here in NJ Unique Photo Fairfield NJ rents every possible thing I am sure there are simeler companies by you. I am retired Law Enforcement, my son (presently on the job) owns a high end COFFIE shop in Hoboken and I bake for him "Tom and Geri Cookies." I have a real estate license and work as a full time as a security office for the school system, not easy to make ends meet in Fn New Jersey can't wait till our Govenor eats himself into a coma.
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MightyMouseTech Major General 4346 Rep 6,196 Posts Drives: 13 135i 6MT LeMans Blue MSport Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada iTrader: (0)	Being a mechanic, I could very easily do my primary job on the side, and get offers all the time. Not worth the possible law suit. A wheel falls off, car kills somebody, in debt till I am put in the ground. Not even remotely worth it IMHO.
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